nsb - Leviticus:19

nsb@Leviticus:19:1 @ Jehovah spoke to Moses:

nsb@Leviticus:19:2 @ »Tell the entire congregation of Israel: Be holy because I, Jehovah your God, am holy.

nsb@Leviticus:19:3 @ »Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!

nsb@Leviticus:19:4 @ »Do not turn to worthless gods or cast metal idols. Never make any gods for yourselves. I am Jehovah your God.

nsb@Leviticus:19:5 @ »When you bring a peace offering to Jehovah, sacrifice it properly so that you will be accepted.

nsb@Leviticus:19:6 @ »Eat your sacrifice on the day you bring it and on the next day. On the third day burn whatever is left over.

nsb@Leviticus:19:7 @ »If you eat any of it on the third day, it is repulsive and will not be accepted.

nsb@Leviticus:19:8 @ »Those who eat it will be punished because they have dishonored what is holy to Jehovah. They must be excluded from the people.

nsb@Leviticus:19:9 @ »When you reap the harvest of your land, you should not reap to the very corners of your field. You should not gather the gleanings of your harvest.

nsb@Leviticus:19:10 @ »Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

nsb@Leviticus:19:11 @ »Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another.

nsb@Leviticus:19:12 @ »Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:13 @ »Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

nsb@Leviticus:19:14 @ »Do not curse a deaf man. Do not place a stumbling block before the blind. You must deeply respect your God. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:15 @ »Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

nsb@Leviticus:19:16 @ »Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:17 @ »Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

nsb@Leviticus:19:18 @ »Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:19 @ »Obey my laws. Never crossbreed different kinds of animals. Do not plant two kinds of crops in your field. Never wear clothes made from two kinds of material.

nsb@Leviticus:19:20 @ »If a man has sexual intercourse with a female slave who is engaged to another man and if her freedom was never bought or given to her, they should not be put to death. He will only pay a fine because she is a slave.

nsb@Leviticus:19:21 @ »He must bring a ram for his guilt offering to Jehovah at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

nsb@Leviticus:19:22 @ »In Jehovahs presence the priest will use them to pay compensation for the wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for this sin. The man will be forgiven for this sin.

nsb@Leviticus:19:23 @ »When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.

nsb@Leviticus:19:24 @ »All the fruit will be a holy offering of praise to Jehovah in the fourth year.

nsb@Leviticus:19:25 @ »You may eat the fruit in the fifth year. Do this to make the trees produce more for you. I am Jehovah your God.

nsb@Leviticus:19:26 @ »Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers.

nsb@Leviticus:19:27 @ »Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard.

nsb@Leviticus:19:28 @ »Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:29 @ »Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.

nsb@Leviticus:19:30 @ »Observe my days of worship and respect my holy tent. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:31 @ »Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.

nsb@Leviticus:19:32 @ »Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am Jehovah.

nsb@Leviticus:19:33 @ »Never mistreat a foreigner living in your land.

nsb@Leviticus:19:34 @ »Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.

nsb@Leviticus:19:35 @ »Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

nsb@Leviticus:19:36 @ »Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.

nsb@Leviticus:19:37 @ »Obey all my laws and all my rules, and live by them. I am Jehovah!«